The American sociologist Talcott Parsons was often accused of being an overly abstract, even apolitical thinker, remote in Harvard's ivory tower. Uta Gerhardt dispels this image in her fascinating account of the political nature of Parsons's life and scholarship. Gerhardt depicts Parsons as a champion of American society and democracy. In this respect he followed the lead of his venerable mentor, Max Weber. Parsons's work, Gerhardt argues, was driven by an overriding agenda to develop a sociological understanding and defense of the development of modern democracy.
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The American sociologist Talcott Parsons was often accused of being an overly abstract, even apolitical thinker, remote in Harvard's ivory tower. Uta Gerhardt dispels this image in her fascinating account of the political nature of Parsons's life and scholarship. Gerhardt shows us Parsons as a champion of American society and democracy. In this respect he followed the lead of his venerable mentor Max Weber. Parsons's work, Gerhardt argues, was driven by an overriding agenda to develop a sociological understanding and defense of the development of modern democracy.
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Parsons's first major opus,The Structure of Social Action, did not become a classic of sociology when it first appeared in 1937. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
basic national resource, controlled institutional change, positivist utilitarianism, generalized symbolic media, university unrest, contemporary political crisis, societal community, next quote, generalized media, social system theory, voluntaristic theory, interaction media, universalistic standards Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, National Socialism, Talcott Parsons, Nazi Germany, Free Press, Max Weber, Columbia University, Harvard University Archives, United Nations, Public Opinion Quarterly, American Defense, American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Harvard Archives, Germany After the War, Margaret Mead, New Deal, School of Overseas Administration, Soviet Union, New Haven, Search Committee, University of Chicago Press, Harold Lasswell, Kurt Lewin New!
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Parsons's first major opus,The Structure of Social Action, did not become a classic of sociology when it first appeared in 1937. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
basic national resource, controlled institutional change, positivist utilitarianism, generalized symbolic media, university unrest, contemporary political crisis, societal community, next quote, generalized media, social system theory, voluntaristic theory, interaction media, universalistic standards Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, National Socialism, Talcott Parsons, Nazi Germany, Free Press, Max Weber, Columbia University, Harvard University Archives, United Nations, Public Opinion Quarterly, American Defense, American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Harvard Archives, Germany After the War, Margaret Mead, New Deal, School of Overseas Administration, Soviet Union, New Haven, Search Committee, University of Chicago Press, Harold Lasswell, Kurt Lewin New!
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- The Social System by Talcott Parsons on 32 pages
- The Structure of Social Action, Vol. 1: Marshall, Pareto, Durkheim by Talcott Parsons on 23 pages
- Social Systems and the Evolution of Action Theory by Talcott Parsons on 11 pages
- Talcott Parsons: The Early Essays (Heritage of Sociology Series) by Talcott Parsons on 8 pages
- The Nationalization of the Social Sciences by Samuel Z. Klausner on 6 pages
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